"It looks like we definitely mobilized the voting citizens of Manhattan Beach," said Larson.

Forty-six people voted in the mayoral election, splitting the vote 23-23 with no write-in votes.

"I thought it was going to be close, but I didn't even think about a tie," said Allen.

Manhattan Beach's canvassing board will review the results within the next three days. If the board agrees the totals are sound, it will move forward to decide on a tiebreaker.

Newcomer Betty Worts earned the highest number of votes for a seat on the city council with 27 votes, or 30 percent. Incumbent Barbara Hanson-Wannebo retained her seat as current city council member with 22 votes, or 24.44 percent, leaving fellow incumbent Marlene Yurek and Margaret Boots just single votes short of victory.